Nation: Let's See Some Teeth

Sensing possible upsets in two traditionally Democratic states, the
G.O.P. threw money and manpower into the Kentucky and Mississippi gubernatorial
elections last week. To no avail. John Y.
Brown Jr. won in Kentucky and William Winter in Mississippi; each pulled
about 60% of the vote. The Republicans, however, scored a net gain of
28 seats in state legislatures across the nation.

In his first bid for elective office, Brown, 45, breached Kentucky
custom by hugging and kissing his wife, the irrepressible Phyllis
George, 30, in public at...